MEETING WITH SSCI STAFF

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: March 16, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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16 Mardh 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT:' Meeting with SSCI Staff
1. At the suggestion ofl Chief of the
Legislative Liaison Division, Office of External Affairs,
and I met with Chip Andrea of the SSCI Staff on 115 March
to discuss S.2919, the Lugar-Biden bill to fund Soviet studies at
US universities. Andrea told us that they plan to introduce the
bill (copy attached) through the Foreign Relations and Labor
Committees shortly and that they expect it to reach the floor
during the current session. There had been some problems with
Senator Pell's staff, but Andrea expects them to be resolved this
week.
2. We exchanged views on the state of US expertise on the
USSR and I pointed to the need for a new generation of
Krernlinologists and economic specialists, and to an insufficient
supply of foreign policy. nalysts with knowledge of both the USSR
and key regions of Soviet interest, as the most serious gaps. We
discussed the need for strong management of the planned endowment
and in particular the necessity of providing an equitable
distribution of funding and an appropriate focus on.younger
scholars with innovative ideas. I suggested that attention also
be given to the demand side of the Soviet studies problem --
ensuring that career prospects are available in the government and
elsewhere for aspiring specialists on the USSR. Andrea readily
accepted this notion and hinted that requests for modest increases
in slots for Soviet political analysis would be received favorably
on the hill.
3.. On an unrelated matter, Andrea mentioned that Senator
Goldwater and others were pressing for the Agency to declassify
its dollar comparison of US and Soviet defense activities. We
noted that unclassified papers had been published in.the past and
that the DCI presumably would discuss this proposal with the SSCI.
Attachment:
As stated.
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SUBJECT: Meeting with SSCI Staffer
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97TH CON GRESS
21) SESSION
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To help ensure the Nation's independent factual knowledge of Soviet-bloc coun-
tries, to help main:ain the national capability for advanced research and
training on which that knowledge depends, and to provide partial financi:.:
support for national programs to serve both purposes.
rN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 16 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 8), 1982
Mr. LtG:;P. (for himself and Mr. BIDE-) introduced the following bill; which was
read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign Relations and
Labor and Human Resources, by unanimous consent
A BILL
To help ensure the Nation's independent factual knowledge of
Soviet-bloc countries, to help maintain the national capabili-
ty for advanced research and training on which that knowl-
edge depends, and to provide partial financial support for
national programs to serve both purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R(-nresenta-
tiies of tl, Z'r.;ted States of Am erica in Congress assembled,
3 That this act may be ci:.ed as the "Soviet-Bloc Research and
4 Training Act of 1982".
6 SEc. 2. (a) The Congress finds aria decl::res that-
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1 ?) factual knowledge, independent'-- vc,-ified
about Soviet-bloc countries is of the utmost :rnporta:ice
3 for the national security of the United Ott tes, or the
? furtherance of our national interests in the :induct of
5 foreign relations, and for the prudent management of
our dome..=:ic affairs;
(2) the development and maintenance of bnowl-
8 edge about Soviet-bloc countries depends upon the na-
9 tional capability for advanced research by highly
10 trained and experienced specialists, available for serv-
11 ice in and out of Government;
12 (3) certain essential functions are necessarv to
13 ensure the existence of that knowledge and the ca-a-
14 -bility to sustain it, including-
15 (A) graduate training;
16 (B) advanced research;
17 (C) public dissemination of research data,
18 methods and findings;
19 (D) contact and collaboration among
Govern-
20 ment and private specialists and the facilitation of
21 research based on the extensive data holdings of
22 the United States Government; and
23 (E) first-hand experience of Soviet-"110c coun-
24 tries by American specialists includi::,,; on-site
S ?919 IS
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conduct of advanced training and researci to the
extent practicable;
.(4) three existing institutions already organized to
4 conduct the functions described in this section on a na-
tional .ale arc the National Council for Soviet and
East Eur)pean Research, the Wood-row= ; usc,. I:::. r=
national Center for Scholars, and t to International RE-
S search and Exchanges Ben-.d of the America Dune'
of Learned Societies; and
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it is in t:=- national interest ror the Federal
.11 Goner:-.:lent to sup -'_ment the sport f o-
Ir-
1.' tions described in this section furnis:-.: by local, State,
re oral, and private agencies, organizations, and i
yiduals, and thereby to stabilize the conduct of these
functions on a national scale, consistently-; and on a
long range basis.
1 i DEFINITIONS
18 SEC. 3. As used in this Act-
1~ (1) the term "Board" means the International Re-
2(- search and Exchanges Board oroa~ized in 1965 the
21 American Council of Learned Societies and the Social
22 Science Research Council;
23 (2) the term "Center" means the I oo ro
24 Wilson Internatio::al Center for Scho'_:.rs. of S. -ith-
25 sonian Inst;ution;
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(3) the term `.'Fund" means the Soviet Bloc Re-
search and Training Fund established under section 4;
(4) the term "institution of higher education" has
4 the same meaning given such term in section 1201(a)
5 of the Higher Education Act cf 1965;
6 (5) the term "National Council" means the Na-
7 tional Council for Soviet and East European Research,
8 a not-for-profit corporation organized under the laws of
9 the District of Columbia in 1978; and
10 (6) the term "Secretary-" means the Secretary of
11 the Treasury.
12 ES:._=;;LISHMENT OF THE SOVIET-BLOC RESEARCH AND
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TRAINING FUND
14 SEC. 4. There is established in the Treasu.r- of the
15 Tinted States a trust fund to be known as the Soviet Bloc
16 Research and Training Trust Fund. The Fund shall consist
17 of-
18 (1) amounts appropriated to it by section 5; and
19 () Interest and proceeds credited to it under sec-
20 tion (8)(c).
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APPROPRIATIONS TO THE FUND
SEC. 5. There are appropriated to the Fund, out of any
23 money in the Treasury not -ther.vise appropriated,
24 $50,000,000.
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1 P Y3 :NTS FEOBI THE FUND; USES 01' PAYMENTS
SEC. G. (;;) The interest on any obi'-;;?;.ions held in ::e
3 Fund .;yailable, as provided in nee by
4 ation Acts, for payments to the Nationi.. Council for use in
5 accorilf:~ce - :th this section.
6 (b)(1) One-quarter of the pavrner.'-- made in each fiscal
7 year sh..'.l be used by the National Council to-
S (A) develop and+ conduct a research agenda of a
9 r.. onai research program at the postdoctoral or equ_?--
10 L. en level in the field of Soviet and East Europe;::_
11 studies to be designed in consultation with offic?:a?s of
12 tie re. e.: al Government designated by the Secreta t-
1 3 Of State;
14 (B) disseminate information about the research
15 program described in clause (A) and solicit proposals
16 for research contracts from American institutions of
1 i higher education and not-for-profit cor orations, ;which
is contracts shall contain shared-cost provisions; and
19 (C) award contracts for such research project's as
2G the Board of Trustees of the Council determines will
21 best serve to carry. out the purposes of this Act after
22 reviewing the proposals submitted under clause (B).
(2) One part of the payments made in each fiscal year
2. shall be used by the National Council to-
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1 (A) establish and carry out a program of graduate,
2 postdoctoral, and teaching fellowships for advanced
3 training in Soviet studies and related studies conducted
4 (i) at American institutions of higher education and (ii)
5 on a shared-cost basis;
6 (B) disseminate, information on the fellowship pro-
gram am described in clause (A) and solicit applications for
8 fellowships from qualified institutions of higher educa-
9 Lion and qualified individuals;
10 (C) award such fellowships as the Board of Trust-
11 ees of the National Council determines will best serve
12
to carry out the purposes of this Act after reviewing
13 applications submitted under clause 3); and
14 CD) disseminate research, data, and findings on-
1 ~ Soviet studies and related fields in such a manner and
16 to such extent as the Beard of Trustees of the National
17 Council determines will best serve to carry out the
1s
purposes of this Act.
'9 ~; 3) One part of such payments m. de in each fiscal year
20 to the National Council shall be used for payer nts to the
21 'enter to-
?? provide fellowship support and res:-arc!: f: cili-
_'3 ties in WA-a;:'' nmwn, District cf CUI~:::',:.:, merit an
?4 specialists in the field of Soviet studies to conduce ad-
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1 vanced research with particular er.phasis upor_ the use
2 of di on Soviet-bloc countries:
3 and
4 (B) conduct seminars, conferences, and other simi-
5 tar workshops designed to facilitate research collabora-
6 tion between O: v ernment and private specialists in the
field of Soviet and East European studies.
8 (4) One part of such payments made in each fisca, ve?.r
9 to the National Council shall be used for payments to the
10 Board to conduct specialized programs in advanced training
11 and research on a reciprocal basis in the Union_ of So: yet
12 Socialist ---:epublics and other nations of Eastern Europe de-
13 signed to facilitate access for American specialists to research
14 institutes, personnel, archives, documentation, and other re-
15 search and training resources located in the Union of Soviet
16 Socialist Republics and such nations.
17 (c)(1) Payments under this Ac: shall be made as soon
IS after approval of the application as practicable.
(2) Payments under this Act may be made in insta7.1-
20 mments, in advance or by way of reimbursement with neces-
21 sarv adjustments on account of overpayments and underpay-
22 ments.
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2 SEC. 7. (a) The National Council shall prepare and
3 submit an application to the Secretary once each fiscal year.
4 Each such application shall-
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APPLICATIONS
(1) provide a description of the purposes for which
6 the payments will be used in accordance with section
(6); and
8 (2) provide such fiscal control and such accounting
9 procedures as may be necessary (A) to insure a proper
10 accounting of Federal funds paid to the applicant under
11 this Act, and (B) to insure the verification of the costs
12 of the continuing education program furnished by the
13 applicant.
14 (b) The Secretary shall expeditiously approV e any appli-
15 cation that meets the requirements of this section.
16
'LAN _kGE`IENT OF THE FUND
17 SEC. S. (a) It shall be the duty ci the Secret-11T to invest
18 such portion of the Fund as is not, in his judgment, required
19 to meet current withdrawals. Such investments may be made
20 only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in
21 obligations guaranteed .:s to both principal and interest by
22 the United States. For such purpose, such cb1iga:ons m;iv be
23 acquired (!),on original issue at the issur trice, or (2) by
24 purchase of outstanding ' Dligations at the market price. The
2a purposes or which obligations of the Unite" States may be
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iSS:Cdl undi tilt' S;'coi d Li'.,erty Bon:' ACT are ex--rided to
. ;-.:in(?e ;it p?:r 1-f special ohligarion. .::elusive-
l~? shL." bear interest at
4 a ra t t' c ju: ' '? (? the a :?e ':` a rate t'a ,rest, comp.: t end as to
5 the end of the c::lend: - month next ^: ecrdi g the j1-1--e of
6 such issue, hem e b~? al: ri:.rketablc ir:-_:esr-bea:i:.t ob lg -
i tions of the United States then forming a part of the public
8 c: bt; except that where such average rate is not a multiple of
9 one-eighth of 1 per centum, the rate of interest of such spe-
10 vial obligations shall be the multiple of one-eighth of l per
1 I cent,.._. ncX. 10Y% er than such . uae rLte. Such special o?.: -
12 g Lions sn all be issued only if the Secretary aete _. nes that
1 3 the purchase of other interest-bearing obligations of the.
1-_' United Stites, or of obligations guara:,:eed as to both trinci-
15 pal and interest by the United States on original issue or at
16 the market price, is not in the public interest.
1 (b) Any obligation acquired by the Fund (except special
18 obligations issued exclusively to the Fund- may be sold by the
1.: Secretary at the market price, and special obligations
20 may i;e redeemed at par plus accrued interest.
21 (c) The- interest on, and the proceeds from the sale or
22 redemption of, any obligations held in the Fund shall be cred-
23 it.e?d to and form a part. of the Fund.
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2EPORT
2 SEC. 9. The National Council shall prepare and submit
3 to the President and the Congress at the end of each fiscal
4 year in which the National Council receives assistance under
5 this =ct a report of the activities of the National Council, and
6 the activities of the Board and the Center, supported by as-
7 sistance under this Act, together with such recommendations
8 as the National Council deems advisable.
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